Dental x-ray-film packet



R. R. TAYLOR.

DENTAL X-RAY FILM PACKET.A

APPLICATION msu JAN-.8,1919.

1,394,503. Patented 0st. 18, 1921.

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'EAYMONB R. TAYLOR, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.,

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Be it known that RAYMOND R. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe, State of New York, have invented' a new and useful Improvement 'in Dental X Ray Film Packets, of which the following is a speci- This invention relates to a dental X-ray iilm package of the kind in whichthe films are individually packed and marketed; and

4 in which the films are exposed to the action of X-rays, the package not being opened4 until after exposure.

The objects of my invention are .td'prfof-y vide a package of this kind which is `veasy and inexpensive tomanufaeture, which has g no protruding points or corners, the-surface being smooth and non-irritating and the corners rounded, so that itmay be used in a'patients mouth with the minimum 'of inconvenience; which yis so constructedv that,y itmay be readily opened in the dark or in. i 4a very dim light, and prepared for development with the greatestffacility. Ther other objects will appear in the ldescription fol- `paiiying drawings, in which Figurel is a. 30

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Reference Wil-l now b'emade to the accomperspective view of the packet assembled and ready for use; Fig. 2 isa perspective View of the packet, as torn open;v and Fig.

3 is a section of the packet as assembled and used.

Like reference characters refer toA the Asame parts throughout the drawings.l

The packet comprises two sensitized films,

1'?"a and 17 b, in contact with each other, and' lying between frontend ba'ckprotective light seals 18 and 16', made of light proof paper slightly larger than. the films. Around these elements is folded the cover. comprising the inner and outer sheets 15 and 11. The inner cover sheet 15 is ymade of light proof paper or clothor a combination of both, and outer cover sheet 11 is made of a water and light proof'paper or cloth or a combination of both. rllhese two cover'elements are larger than the films, andl the protective sheetsl and 18 and their edges are folded around these and partially over the rear Surface of sheet 16.

A cloth. or ber stripl 14 is provided to act as a means `for opening the packet'easily..

It passes through a slit in sheet 16 and one end lies between this sheet and idlm17,

l Specication of Letters Patent.

" ters Patent is Patented @et 1&5, 1%21.

'Serial No. 270,167.

tends from the slit out' over the sheet 16 and the overturned edge of sheet 11, midway of one side of the packet. As indicated clearly in F ig. 2, the strip is-larger at the end within said packet so as to tear open a it. 'The packet is intended for use,as is customary, in the patients mouth, behindv the teeth, and lwith the face 10 toward the source of X-rays, where it is heldin position during exposure by theiingers 'of theoperator or patient or by any other available means.

'ners are rounded, and 'the packet smooth 'except forthetab,. that the patient. will undergo only very slight inconvenience.

` The purpose' of the sheet 115 is to guard against light entering through possible pin holes lor incomplete opacity of the sheet 11,

while 16v and. 18 add a further assurance against the same defect, sheet 16 additionally guarding against light-'leaks between sheet 12 and the overturned edges of 11 Afteran exposure has beenv made, the

,packet yis taken to a dark room where it is opened for the `removal ofthe filmfor development. The user need not fumble in the dim lightof .the dark room to open the packet, but .merely gra'spsthe tab and pulls it back across the rear surface of the packet.

As the tabruns beneath sheets 16 and 12 across the central part of the film area. and as it is Alarger at its inner end, the back of the package is so disrupted that the remaining rims of the back can be easily 'grasped and the enveloping sheets removed from the ilmswithease. n i

While this specific embodiment of my in'- vention is described, it is understood that I contemplate the substitution of such equivalent structures as are embraced within my invention as defined inthe claims.

' Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new anddesire to secure by Let- 1. package dental X-ray lm coin- It willbe obvious that, as the cori prising a sheetof sensitized film, a sheet of protective material oneac-h'- side thereof, the

sheet on one side' being impervious to lightl film and beneath a portion of one protective sheet and extending through the joint between the protective sheets to form a tab, which may be manipulated to disrupt one o f the protective sheets. v

2. A package comprising a sheet of sensitive material, a protective sheet on each side thereof, a protective envelop containing said sensitized material and said first named sheets and a strip of material lying partially beneath one `of said inner protective sheets and extending through said envelop to form a tab, by manipulation of which the p-rotective sheet and envelop may be disrupted to furnish access'to the sensitive material.

3. A dental X-ray film package comprising a sheet of sensitive material, a sheet of protectivermaterial on one side thereof, two sheets of protective material on the other vside thereof, the edges of the first named sheet being bent around the edges of the film and lying between the edges of the twosheets on the other side, the outer sheet being adhesively joinedto such turned over edge, and a strip extending through such adherent joint and through the inner protective sheet to furnish means for tearing open the package.

4. A dental X-ray film packet comprising a sheet of sensitized film, protective sheets on each `side of said film, the edges of one being bent around the edges of the lm and the second sheet, the secondsheet having a slit therein, a rip strip, the greater portion of which lies between the film and the slitted sheet, and whichpasses through the slit and continues in the same direction across the package beyond the edge thereof, and a sealf ing strip secured to'the turned over edges mentioned and to the second sheet and to the strip.

5. A dental X-ray film ackage comprising a sheet of sensltized 11n, a protective' sheet of greater dimensions than said film upon one side thereof, the ed e portions of the sheet beine bent around tlcie edge of the film, a protective sheet `on the other side of the film having'a slit therein( the edges of which 'lie under the bent over edges of the first named sheet, a sealin strip coated with anadhesive material an pressed into adhesive contact with the second sheet and the edges ef the first sheet, and a strip extending across the package, the major portion thereof lying between the film and the sec- 'ond named protective sheet, and passing through the above mentioned slit, and a portion t RAYMOND R. TAYLQR.

Witnesses:

ALFRED E. PRoo'roR, Jr., MARY R. RAMAszET'I-nn.

ereof lying between the slitted sheet' andthe sealing strip and a small tab portion extending out between the sealing strip 

